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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of doze.

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Examples

  • Better to say I "dozed" through snot -- in the same way one might "trudge" through warm tar.

    October 23rd, 2005 2005

  • Sorry, I kind of dozed off during Junior's speech tonight.

    Hullabaloo 2007

  • He denied sleep, but admitted to having "dozed" for a while.

    Dracula 1897

  • He denied sleep, but admitted to having "dozed" for a while.

    Dracula Bram Stoker 1879

  • Pages 122 and 169, "dozed" spelled "dosed" in this text (dosed off)

    A Chapter of Adventures 1867

  • "I sat down in my chair here and just kind of dozed," said Van Slyke.

    Click2Houston.com - Local News 2009

  • Seriously, those scenes were rather boring for me and I kind of dozed off during those short but frequent scenes.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • After the frost, he "dozed" most of the trees out.

    Sierra Sun - Top Stories 2008

  • "I just lost my mind for a second-kind of dozed off.

    Dark Dreams Hodgman, Ann 1993

  • One evacuee dozed among rows of cots lined up neatly on the dome's indoor track.

    N.D. governor: Flood plan 'holding up very well' 2011

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